"CERBEE! COME BACK!" The boy cried, as the one-eyed pup ran off with his house.
"Man, Jimmy, looks like your house is running off again," his red devil friend observed. "Well, you can always stay at my place."
Jimmy shuddered, remembering what had happened the last time he had been forced to stay at Beezy's house. What he had accidently walked in on horrified him, and he was so ashamed that he couldn't talk to his best friend for a whole week afterwards.
"Sorry Beez, but after what happened last time, I think I'm gonna call Heloise," he replied.
"Aw dude, you're still stressed about that? You know me and Saffi already forgave you right? I thought we'd all moved on after that." The big devil told his human pal.
"I'm sorry man, that was just a bit shocking for me." He shuddered. "So I don't want to walk in on that again."
"I could tell Saffi not to come ov-"
"BUT… I don't want you to turn down time with her because of me. She is your girlfriend after all. So this time, I'm staying with Heloise." Jimmy told him.
"Okay, just don't poke the dragon." Beezy advised.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I don't know, it's just something I've heard." He shrugged. "See ya later Jimmy!"
"See ya Beez!" He waved to his friend.
Jimmy Two-Shoes pulled out his cell phone, and dialed Heloise's number.
"Hello?" she irritatedly asked. "Who is this?"
"Aheheh-hey Heloise." Jimmy answered nervously.
Her tone shifted to that of enthusiasm. "Jimmy! Hey!"
"You busy?"
"Just going over some designs for the Misery Inc. catalogue. Did you get in trouble again, and need my help?" she deadpanned.
"Well... Cerbee kind of ran off with my house."
"Again? Really?" she sighed.
"Yeah."
"Well... have fun with Beezy." she told him.
"Actually I um… thought I could stay at your house tonight."
In that moment she froze. She blankly stared at the blueprints that lay before her. She then hung up the call.
"Um… Heloise? Heloise~? Are you there?" Jimmy looked at his phone, and scratched his head. Then he felt a finger tap his shoulder. "Huh?" He turned around, and saw Heloise standing right behind him. "Oh, hey there Heloise! So... can I stay the night?"
"Well, we wouldn't want you sleeping out on the street, right?" She joked.
"Right, lead the way," he exclaimed.
They then walked over to Heloise's home, which was right next door to Jimmy's house. Or rather, where Jimmy's house used to be, before it got dragged away by a small demonic one-eyed dog. Unlike Beezy, who liked living in filth, Heloise's house was always tidy and the massive fireplace was always lit. Despite how truly spacious it was, it always felt warm and cozy to Jimmy. Mainly, because of who resided there.
Heloise spoke first. "So you wanna watch a movie together?"
That sounded like a great idea to Jimmy. "You betcha!"
"Okay, Jimmy, you pick the movie while I get the snacks."
"Okay!" Jimmy replied excitedly. Then Heloise walked into the kitchen to prepare the snacks. Jimmy went over to look at the DVDs. "Hmmm… let's see now… Giant Lizard Scares Old Lady… Giant Gorilla Scares Old Lady… Giant Robot Scares Old Lady… Old Lady Scares Giant Lizard… man, there's a lot of these Old Lady movies. Guess she really likes them. He then noticed a small button by the fireplace. It almost looked like a part of the fireplace itself.
"Huh? That's weird. Was that always there?" He asked aloud. He then walked up to the button and pressed it. Jimmy backed away in surprise as the fire in the fireplace slid away to reveal a secret passageway. "Awesome~. I wonder what Heloise keeps back here. I bet it's super cool!" He then ran down the hidden path excitedly.
Just as Heloise walked back into the room. "Jimmy~! I have the snacks! Did you pick a mov-" She stopped talking when she noticed the couch was empty. She then realized the fireplace was open, her secret hallway exposed. It didn't take long to put two and two together. The snacks flew into the air as she began zipping across the living room, and down the hallway.
"Oh, for the love of Jimmy, please don't let him be in there." She thought to herself, now in full, code red, high alert mode. She reached the open doorway, and saw him standing there, awestruck, in the middle of the room.
"Whoa~" he uttered.
